Mail-pouch.



No. 633,869. n Piented'sepf.' 2a, 1899.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters iPatent No. 633,869, dated September 26, 1899. v Application and July 7, me. Vsein No. 723,014. No man.) l

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Be it known that I, JOSEPHW. LOVE, a citif 'zen of the United States,'residingY at Baltiz more, inthe State of Maryland, have in vented certainne w and useful Improvements in Mail.

Pouches, of ywhich the following is a specii.

cation.

' This invention relates to mail bags or pouches.

The object of the invention is to provide a mail bag or pouch with simpie'means wherebythe bag maybe readily and securely closed without using a strap running through staples and which is flexible when closed.

llhe invention isV illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-L Figure 11 is a -.perspective view at the rear' side of the 'mouth of the bag o'r pouch and shows the pouch open. Fig. 2 shows the position of the mouth parts after the first stepjj has been taken toward closing the bag. Fig.

3 shows the position of the mou th parts when Fig. e is a front side view,v of the top ofthe pouchfshowing the flap up-Y the bag is closed.

The front wall bhas its top edge u projecting higher than the top edgeo of the back wall, and the topedge of the front wall has a series of unconnected stidening-plates con` the lnside and another series c exactly over.

these on the outside, and the two seriesof plates are rivetedtogether through the fabric of the wall of the bag. A hole d is in each of the pair of plates c c' for the purpose of conveniently hanging the bag on hooks. A horizontal cross fold or. crease a occurs in the back wall just below the rows Vof plates c c'.

At the top edge of the rear or back wall b' the bag is folded back on itself at e and also has stiEening-plates fon each side of this doublethick wail, which are similar to the plates-c c', and also riveted together through the double- The bag may be made of any suit-able .thick fabric. These plates f also have holes d' furthe purpose of inserting hooks for hanging the bag in'an open position, somewhat as .it appearsin Fig. l. A'horizontal cross-space g isleft on the rear wall below the plates f and, forms aV crease or hinge-fold from which a flap' h depends.' This ap has a series of stiEening-'plates i, which are without holes.

The sti {felling-plates c, e', f, and 'L' are! all beveled at their adjacent edges,as shownl in Fig. 6,Which insures fiexibilit'y between the plates.- Metal plates 7c It' on the inside and outside are riveted together through the front wall of the bag,'and a staple Z projects outward from said metal plates. The lflap 7L. also has metal plates 'm' m', one inside and one outside, and said metal plates have slots p,wl1ich take over the staple Zwhen the bag is closed and the flap turned down, as in Figs. 3 and 5. A suitable lock may be" passed through the staple and the bag thus securely closed.

The. operation in closing the bags is as follows: `The top edge of the front wall, having the plates c c", serves 'as a iapwhieh isflrstg turned down over the fold @of the back wall,

as shown in Fig. 2, and then the flap h on the back is folded over the front nap, as shown in Fig. 3, and the slotp takes over the staple Z. Thus the mouth of the mail-bag is securely closed. In the cross direction this closed end is iexible by reason of tlieuneonn'ected plates. Y

In Fig. '7 the unconnected stilfening-plates are shown inserted in pockets formedby the fabric' of the pouch, and each hele has a rivet d2. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl. A mail-pouch having a front wall which projects higher than the back wall and provided at its top edge with a seriesof stiifening-plates; a back wall folded back on itseif to form adouble top edge anda free flap and at the double top edge provided with a series of stiffening plates, f, which are riveted through the two thicknesses of the folded part,

and a series of unconnected plates, t, on the 'free Aflap whichwhen the bag is folded take over the said stiiening-plates on the top edge ofthe front wall. i

2. A mail-pouch having the top edge of its said back edge; and a third row of lineoli'- x mouth provided at lshe front with an edge pro- Y needy plates, i, onV the beek 'Bap which lat# jeobing higher Lhan the edge ofy the back and 13er folds forward to the front, as set forth. Y serving as e Hap to fold over said back edge; In testimony whereof I affix my signature the top edge of tfhe'backfolded back on itself in the presence of t-Wo witnesses. and t-ernlnaingin aback flap, 7L, which folds JOSEPH W. LOVE. forward to the front side;V ay row of uncon- Witnesses i necked metal plates, c, o', on the front; flap; a, i CHARLES B. MANN, Jr. second cross-row of unconneoted plates, f, on l CHARLES VIETSGH. 

